Refs - List

Queries the provided repository for its refs and returns them.

GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/git/repositories/{repositoryId}/refs?api-version=7.0
GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/git/repositories/{repositoryId}/refs?filter={filter}&includeLinks={includeLinks}&includeStatuses={includeStatuses}&includeMyBranches={includeMyBranches}&latestStatusesOnly={latestStatusesOnly}&peelTags={peelTags}&filterContains={filterContains}&$top={$top}&continuationToken={continuationToken}&api-version=7.0

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
organization
path True

string

The name of the Azure DevOps organization.

repositoryId
path True

string

The name or ID of the repository.

project
path

string

Project ID or project name

api-version
query True

string

Version of the API to use. This should be set to '7.0' to use this version of the api.

$top
query

integer

int32

[optional] Maximum number of refs to return. It cannot be bigger than 1000. If it is not provided but continuationToken is, top will default to 100.

continuationToken
query

string

The continuation token used for pagination.

filter
query

string

[optional] A filter to apply to the refs (starts with).

filterContains
query

string

[optional] A filter to apply to the refs (contains).

includeLinks
query

boolean

[optional] Specifies if referenceLinks should be included in the result. default is false.

includeMyBranches
query

boolean

[optional] Includes only branches that the user owns, the branches the user favorites, and the default branch. The default value is false. Cannot be combined with the filter parameter.

includeStatuses
query

boolean

[optional] Includes up to the first 1000 commit statuses for each ref. The default value is false.

latestStatusesOnly
query

boolean

[optional] True to include only the tip commit status for each ref. This option requires includeStatuses to be true. The default value is false.

peelTags
query

boolean

[optional] Annotated tags will populate the PeeledObjectId property. default is false.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

GitRef[]

successful operation

Security

oauth2

Type: oauth2
Flow: accessCode
Authorization URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/authorize&response_type=Assertion
Token URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/token?client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer&grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer

Scopes

Name Description
vso.code Grants the ability to read source code and metadata about commits, changesets, branches, and other version control artifacts. Also grants the ability to search code and get notified about version control events via service hooks.

Examples

Refs
Refs heads
Refs heads statuses
Refs heads that contain a word
Refs tags

Refs

Sample Request

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/git/repositories/{repositoryId}/refs?api-version=7.0

Sample Response

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{
  "value": [
    {
      "name": "refs/heads/feature/calcApp",
      "objectId": "ffe9cba521f00d7f60e322845072238635edb451",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=heads%2Ffeature%2FcalcApp"
    },
    {
      "name": "refs/heads/feature/replacer",
      "objectId": "917131a709996c5cfe188c3b57e9a6ad90e8b85c",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=heads%2Ffeature%2Freplacer"
    },
    {
      "name": "refs/heads/master",
      "objectId": "ffe9cba521f00d7f60e322845072238635edb451",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=heads%2Fmaster"
    },
    {
      "name": "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD",
      "objectId": "ffe9cba521f00d7f60e322845072238635edb451",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=remotes%2Forigin%2FHEAD"
    },
    {
      "name": "refs/remotes/origin/feature/replacer",
      "objectId": "467ffea40b630e5252f6e727caa7919d5f7a9444",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=remotes%2Forigin%2Ffeature%2Freplacer"
    },
    {
      "name": "refs/remotes/origin/master",
      "objectId": "ffe9cba521f00d7f60e322845072238635edb451",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=remotes%2Forigin%2Fmaster"
    },
    {
      "name": "refs/tags/v0.1",
      "objectId": "917131a709996c5cfe188c3b57e9a6ad90e8b85c",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=tags%2Fv0.1"
    }
  ],
  "count": 7
}

Refs heads

Sample Request

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/git/repositories/{repositoryId}/refs?filter=heads/&api-version=7.0

Sample Response

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{
  "value": [
    {
      "name": "refs/heads/feature/calcApp",
      "objectId": "ffe9cba521f00d7f60e322845072238635edb451",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=heads%2Ffeature%2FcalcApp"
    },
    {
      "name": "refs/heads/feature/replacer",
      "objectId": "917131a709996c5cfe188c3b57e9a6ad90e8b85c",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=heads%2Ffeature%2Freplacer"
    },
    {
      "name": "refs/heads/master",
      "objectId": "ffe9cba521f00d7f60e322845072238635edb451",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=heads%2Fmaster"
    }
  ],
  "count": 3
}

Refs heads statuses

Sample Request

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/git/repositories/{repositoryId}/refs?filter=heads/&includeStatuses=True&api-version=7.0

Sample Response

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{
  "value": [
    {
      "name": "refs/heads/feature/calcApp",
      "objectId": "ffe9cba521f00d7f60e322845072238635edb451",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=heads%2Ffeature%2FcalcApp",
      "statuses": []
    },
    {
      "name": "refs/heads/feature/replacer",
      "objectId": "917131a709996c5cfe188c3b57e9a6ad90e8b85c",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=heads%2Ffeature%2Freplacer",
      "statuses": [
        {
          "id": 203802,
          "state": "succeeded",
          "description": "MyProject-.NET Desktop-CI build succeeded",
          "context": {
            "name": "build/MyProject-.NET Desktop-CI",
            "genre": "continuous-integration"
          },
          "creationDate": "2018-07-10T12:45:26.35Z",
          "createdBy": {
            "displayName": "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.TFS",
            "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/00000002-0000-8888-8000-000000000000",
            "_links": {
              "avatar": {
                "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/s2s.MDAwMDAwMDItMDAwMC04ODg4LTgwMDAtMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwQDJjODk1OTA4LTA0ZTAtNDk1Mi04OWZkLTU0YjAwNDZkNjI4OA"
              }
            },
            "id": "00000002-0000-8888-8000-000000000000",
            "uniqueName": "00000002-0000-8888-8000-000000000000@2c895908-04e0-4952-89fd-54b0046d6288",
            "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=00000002-0000-8888-8000-000000000000",
            "descriptor": "s2s.MDAwMDAwMDItMDAwMC04ODg4LTgwMDAtMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwQDJjODk1OTA4LTA0ZTAtNDk1Mi04OWZkLTU0YjAwNDZkNjI4OA"
          },
          "targetUrl": "vstfs:///Build/Build/2"
        },
        {
          "id": 203797,
          "state": "pending",
          "description": "MyProject-.NET Desktop-CI build running",
          "context": {
            "name": "build/MyProject-.NET Desktop-CI",
            "genre": "continuous-integration"
          },
          "creationDate": "2018-07-10T12:42:05.237Z",
          "createdBy": {
            "displayName": "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.TFS",
            "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/00000002-0000-8888-8000-000000000000",
            "_links": {
              "avatar": {
                "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/s2s.MDAwMDAwMDItMDAwMC04ODg4LTgwMDAtMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwQDJjODk1OTA4LTA0ZTAtNDk1Mi04OWZkLTU0YjAwNDZkNjI4OA"
              }
            },
            "id": "00000002-0000-8888-8000-000000000000",
            "uniqueName": "00000002-0000-8888-8000-000000000000@2c895908-04e0-4952-89fd-54b0046d6288",
            "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=00000002-0000-8888-8000-000000000000",
            "descriptor": "s2s.MDAwMDAwMDItMDAwMC04ODg4LTgwMDAtMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwQDJjODk1OTA4LTA0ZTAtNDk1Mi04OWZkLTU0YjAwNDZkNjI4OA"
          },
          "targetUrl": "vstfs:///Build/Build/2"
        },
        {
          "id": 203796,
          "state": "pending",
          "description": "MyProject-.NET Desktop-CI build queued",
          "context": {
            "name": "build/MyProject-.NET Desktop-CI",
            "genre": "continuous-integration"
          },
          "creationDate": "2018-07-10T12:42:02.893Z",
          "createdBy": {
            "displayName": "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.TFS",
            "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/00000002-0000-8888-8000-000000000000",
            "_links": {
              "avatar": {
                "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/s2s.MDAwMDAwMDItMDAwMC04ODg4LTgwMDAtMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwQDJjODk1OTA4LTA0ZTAtNDk1Mi04OWZkLTU0YjAwNDZkNjI4OA"
              }
            },
            "id": "00000002-0000-8888-8000-000000000000",
            "uniqueName": "00000002-0000-8888-8000-000000000000@2c895908-04e0-4952-89fd-54b0046d6288",
            "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=00000002-0000-8888-8000-000000000000",
            "descriptor": "s2s.MDAwMDAwMDItMDAwMC04ODg4LTgwMDAtMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwQDJjODk1OTA4LTA0ZTAtNDk1Mi04OWZkLTU0YjAwNDZkNjI4OA"
          },
          "targetUrl": "vstfs:///Build/Build/2"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "refs/heads/master",
      "objectId": "ffe9cba521f00d7f60e322845072238635edb451",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=heads%2Fmaster",
      "statuses": []
    }
  ],
  "count": 3
}

Refs heads that contain a word

Sample Request

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/git/repositories/{repositoryId}/refs?filter=heads/&filterContains=replacer&api-version=7.0

Sample Response

transfer-Encoding: chunked
{
  "value": [
    {
      "name": "refs/heads/feature/replacer",
      "objectId": "917131a709996c5cfe188c3b57e9a6ad90e8b85c",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=heads%2Ffeature%2Freplacer"
    }
  ],
  "count": 1
}

Refs tags

Sample Request

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/git/repositories/{repositoryId}/refs?filter=tags/&api-version=7.0

Sample Response

transfer-Encoding: chunked
{
  "value": [
    {
      "name": "refs/tags/v0.1",
      "objectId": "917131a709996c5cfe188c3b57e9a6ad90e8b85c",
      "creator": {
        "displayName": "Normal Paulk",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
          }
        },
        "id": "ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "uniqueName": "dev@mailserver.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=ac5aaba6-a66a-4e1d-b508-b060ec624fa9",
        "descriptor": "aad.YmFjMGYyZDctNDA3ZC03OGRhLTlhMjUtNmJhZjUwMWFjY2U5"
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/7484f783-66a3-4f27-b7cd-6b08b0b077ed/_apis/git/repositories/d3d1760b-311c-4175-a726-20dfc6a7f885/refs?filter=tags%2Fv0.1"
    }
  ],
  "count": 1
}

Definitions

Name Description
GitRef
GitStatus

This class contains the metadata of a service/extension posting a status.

GitStatusContext

Status context that uniquely identifies the status.

GitStatusState

State of the status.

IdentityRef
ReferenceLinks

The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.

GitRef

Name Type Description
_links

ReferenceLinks

The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.

creator

IdentityRef

isLocked

boolean

isLockedBy

IdentityRef

name

string

objectId

string

peeledObjectId

string

statuses

GitStatus[]

This class contains the metadata of a service/extension posting a status.

url

string

GitStatus

This class contains the metadata of a service/extension posting a status.

Name Type Description
_links

ReferenceLinks

Reference links.

context

GitStatusContext

Context of the status.

createdBy

IdentityRef

Identity that created the status.

creationDate

string

Creation date and time of the status.

description

string

Status description. Typically describes current state of the status.

id

integer

Status identifier.

state

GitStatusState

State of the status.

targetUrl

string

URL with status details.

updatedDate

string

Last update date and time of the status.

GitStatusContext

Status context that uniquely identifies the status.

Name Type Description
genre

string

Genre of the status. Typically name of the service/tool generating the status, can be empty.

name

string

Name identifier of the status, cannot be null or empty.

GitStatusState

State of the status.

Name Type Description
error

string

Status with an error.

failed

string

Status failed.

notApplicable

string

Status is not applicable to the target object.

notSet

string

Status state not set. Default state.

pending

string

Status pending.

succeeded

string

Status succeeded.

IdentityRef

Name Type Description
_links

ReferenceLinks

This field contains zero or more interesting links about the graph subject. These links may be invoked to obtain additional relationships or more detailed information about this graph subject.

descriptor

string

The descriptor is the primary way to reference the graph subject while the system is running. This field will uniquely identify the same graph subject across both Accounts and Organizations.

directoryAlias

string

Deprecated - Can be retrieved by querying the Graph user referenced in the "self" entry of the IdentityRef "_links" dictionary

displayName

string

This is the non-unique display name of the graph subject. To change this field, you must alter its value in the source provider.

id

string

imageUrl

string

Deprecated - Available in the "avatar" entry of the IdentityRef "_links" dictionary

inactive

boolean

Deprecated - Can be retrieved by querying the Graph membership state referenced in the "membershipState" entry of the GraphUser "_links" dictionary

isAadIdentity

boolean

Deprecated - Can be inferred from the subject type of the descriptor (Descriptor.IsAadUserType/Descriptor.IsAadGroupType)

isContainer

boolean

Deprecated - Can be inferred from the subject type of the descriptor (Descriptor.IsGroupType)

isDeletedInOrigin

boolean

profileUrl

string

Deprecated - not in use in most preexisting implementations of ToIdentityRef

uniqueName

string

Deprecated - use Domain+PrincipalName instead

url

string

This url is the full route to the source resource of this graph subject.

The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.

Name Type Description
links

object

The readonly view of the links. Because Reference links are readonly, we only want to expose them as read only.